Regalo Safety 29-38.5″ Baby Gate for Doorways & Bottom of Stairs, Pressure Mounted Baby Gate with Door for Babies, Toddlers & Pets, Tested & Safe for 30 Years, American Designed, American Owned, White

Worth it. Works great
It was easy to assemble and came with all needed screws. Fit my bedroom doorway and easy to work. Alignment and sturdiness seems great in the door frame. Great closure and baby can still see out. Worth the money for safety.

Works well for keeping cats out of a room
We bought this to keep our cats out of a room where there is a door we like to keep it open most of the time for ventilation.Pros:- Fairly easy to install. Thorough directions provided, albeit in tiny font.- Mostly metal construction. Certainly strong enough for keeping our cats out of rooms.- Latch is fairly easy to use. It ha a spring catch for extra security, but we don’t need that.- Pressure mounting. If you have a strong door frames or walls you don’t have to mount this permanently. Optional screw-mounted cups (and screws) are provided if you do want a more secure attachment.Cons (If there were half stars I might have trimmed half a star for these.):- I can see their design strategy but the latch design is such that the gate will only open one way. Of course if you need it to swing the other way you can simply install it with the other face that direction, but then the hinge is on the other side. Worth noting: If I am standing in the hallway and want to go into a room with the gate in the doorway, if the gate hinge is on the right, the gate swings into the room. I guess one could take a fine saw and trim the plastic latch on the longer side to the same length as the other side so it could open either direction. The gate would then swing either direction but it would then require that you pay attention to line up the gate with the static catch to ensure the latch is engaged. Fortunately in our main room the door and gate swing in unison. I have another room where I was thinking of using a gate and if I had the gate swing into the room I would have to make sure the actual door was open all the way or else the gate would bump into the door.- The latch (and a few other trim parts) is plastic and would be the most likely part prone to breaking. I wish they had used metal. I guess if the plastic breaks and one was only using this gate for pets, one could improvise a latch with a bungee cord or something.Tips and considerations:- Do pay attention to the instructions. The final adjustment of the uppermost pressure points is critical in making sure the latch closes properly.- For shorter openings you will not need the extension piece provided in the box.- One person could install this, but it’s a bit easier with two.- The gate on this model does not close automatically (I guess if you wanted it too you could use a bungee cord or spring).- The latch is a tad confusing at first but easy once you know how it works. There’s a spring safety feature (the gray, rubbery part) which holds the latch down. It requires a firm grip to slide it sideways. You can do this with one hand but I found I had to grab it at an inconvenient angle (unless you need it I wouldn’t bother using it). Pull this back, then lift up on the freed end of the white plastic latch lever. You’ll see the two bars holding the gate in place pull back a bit, freeing from the fixed wall piece, letting the gate swing free in one direction.- If using this in a doorway, check your doorknob height. The 30″ tall model was tall enough to deter our cats from jumping over it but low enough that it didn’t block the doorknob.- The gap between the bars is 2.5″. If you need something with a closer gap you could always attach some netting or hardware cloth with zip ties to the metal bars.- There’s a catch at the bottom too, but you have to squat down to engage it. It helps stop the gate from rattling if you have something worrying at the gate. (There’s two toggles that swing down. They are a bit stiff.)- If you’re concerned about denting drywall with the pressure mounting points, you can buy special cups from other vendors that spread the pressure a bit. Alternatively, simply use thin pieces of wood so the mounting pads have the pressure distributed over a wider area.- There is a bar at the bottom that’s about 1.5″ tall which could be a trip hazard. All short pressure mounted gates have that, so if you are worried about tripping you will have to buy a gate that has permanent wall mounts instead.- This is designed primarily as a baby gate, though the manufacturers do mention using it for pets too. A few reviewers have mentioned strength issues. It is fine for our purposes to keep cats out of a room but I guess if you had a 110 lb. Italian Mastiff constantly throwing itself against the gate then that’s a different thing.

Keeps our dog out of the kitchen
We had to block off pur kitchen area because our dog would not stay out. It works well. Super sturdy. Easy to put up and does the job.

durable, but not fully toddler-proof
Overall I love the gate. We’ve had no issues with it staying attached to the wall and it’s a nice, neutral aesthetic appearance. It has the regular gate lock, a second gray slide lock on top, and bars on the bottom that you can use as a third reinforcement to lock it. We usually do the top two locks, but if your toddler, child, etc really pulls or pushes on the gate it still occasionally opens despite the double locks. It works as advertised and despite the issue mentioned, it at least slows down or alerts you to your child trying to go down or up the steps. Easily adjusts for various doorframe sizes.

Amazing – exactly what we needed. Even some adults cannot open it hehe

Muy fácil de instalar, cumple su función